Looking for a regional, political map - Short timeframe - Possible payment [Canceled]
Project Scope:
Hi there! My name is Newguy and the reason I need a map is for a D&D campaign I'll be hosting for my friends as the Dungeon Master. I've decided, for this campaign, to go full blown in details and backgrounds and all that fun stuff, but I have been completely stuck when it comes to drawing/creating/finding a map. I need your help!
Setting:
The Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeon and Dragons, but on a customized world map. I only need a single region made right now. It must show to political factions. The world is a mix between the LOTR race rivalry, the Game of Thrones struggles for powers and the Dungeon and Dragons adventuring Universe.
Design Concept:
What I truly need is the main region map where you can see the Capital of the region and the main city of each major factions. I also need the main roads leading to said main cities. The only details I require are mountains, mountain ranges, rivers and the different climate(Desert, region, tropical, forest, steppe, etc.) shown on the map. The map doesn't have to be extremely detailed and can be grid-based. I would like it colored. I'll leave it up to the map maker for the ratio of miles to distance.
It can be as simple as a colored map of this type: http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-conten...ay-terrain.jpg
Or
It can be as detailed as map like this: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img10/6687/ucbs.png
Or
Anything in between, like this:http://cdn2.freefantasymaps.org/wp-c...wroot-crop.jpg
You can leave the naming of factions and cities up to me if you want, otherwise, I have most of the backstory written up and can send you the names I got.
Details:
I'll leave it up to the cartographer to decide if the region is inland or a coast one or even it's own little island if needs be, I don't have specifics for that.
There will be several(between 4 and 6) human factions, 2 dwarven factions in mountain homes/strongholds and at least 1 elven factions in a forest to be put on the map.
Number of maps:
Must have: One regional map
Bonus: One world map to show where the region my players are playing in is.
Bonus: The Capital city's map with streets and buildings.
Technical:
Colored
Political regions
Main Roads present
Capital and mains cities of faction present
Main map features present (Mountains, rivers, lake and such)
Bonus: If the map is not grid based, a version with a grid and a version without a grid. (Hexagonal or square both works)
Bonus: City, town, village, inn and other(towers, ruins, magical site, etc.) artwork/tile include on the side of the map or in a separate file so I could add locations to the map as my players explore. Not a necessity, but would be nice.
Examples:
I made this map in two versions, political and non-political in about 6 hours.
http://imageshack.com/a/img661/2291/uouPzz.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/6246/dyhrIc.jpg
For this little project, a map like this would be good enough for me, seeing that the payment isn't very high. The reason why I am not happy with this map is that it looks bland, it doesn't have a personality. Another reason is that is doesn't feel or look geographically plausible to me to be honest. Finally, the roads were crudely painted as I have no idea how a civilization would decide to build roads. Anybody who takes up this project can give me a map with as much city details as this, that has a little bit more personality and roads that actually make sense and I'll be happy.
Copyright:
Can remain with the cartographer if he/she wishes. I will not use the map for commercial purposes so Cartographer is also free to re-use the map for other projects or sell it again.
Deadline:
Here's the catch. At the time of writing this, my players want to start the campaign in a little bit more than 48 hours... That gives less than a day and a few hours to create a map if the cartographer wants to sleep and have some personal time, unless he or she already has a map that they could sell me!
If the deadline is too short, I could manage to play the first session without a map, though it will be a short one, but I'll need the map for the next one, which will be due Friday of the following week.
Payment:
I do not have much to spare after Christmas, but could pay up to 50$ if the Cartographer would like payment for his work.
Follow up work:
Assuming my players enjoy the starting bit of my campaign, I'll need to commission a full world map and maybe other regional maps to which I'll pay the cartographer if he's still up to the task! The deadline will be longer next time though. ^^
Contact
I'll send my email address to those who are interested.
In the meantime, a private message n this board or a reply to this thread will do.
Thanks for taking the time of reading my request!
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